Domestic Violence Advocate (Temporary) in Somerset

We have an incredible opportunity for an Independent Domestic Violence Advocate (IDVA) to join Solace Women’s Aid. We work to prevent violence and abuse and provide services to meet the individual needs of survivors, particularly women and children. Our Redbridge Solace Advocacy Support Service (SASS) teams provide advocacy and support to survivors of domestic and sexual abuse living across London. IDVA’s are responsible for risk and needs assessing and safety planning with survivors of domestic violence. They will hold a caseload of service users, requiring crisis short-term intervention, providing advice, advocacy, and onward referral where appropriate. Your will have a “can-do‟ approach as well as a demonstrable commitment to Solace’s feminist stance in supporting women and their children to be safer. Successful applicants will have in-depth knowledge of domestic abuse and its impact on service users and their children, experience of supporting survivor’s domestic and/or sexual abuse including strong casework management skills. The successful candidate will be required to work a minimum of two days per week from the office or other designated workspaces. Flexibility is essential, as travel may be required at short notice to ensure service user needs are met and the service continues to operate effectively. Accordingly, the postholder must be able to travel between Monday and Friday. The salary for this post is £29,385 - £30,671 (Unqualified) or £30,671 - £33,438 (Qualified), with an expectation that the successful candidate starts at the entry point of the scale. This is a fixed term contract ending October 2027. We provide a comprehensive benefits package to all our employees, including: Flexible working Focus on learning and development (internal career progression and training) Generous holiday entitlement Employer pension contribution Family-friendly leave and enhanced maternity pay Access to Inclusion Networks Employee Assistance Programme providing free 24/7 support and advice Employee Benefits Platform offering staff discounts, benefits, and savings Cycle to Work Scheme Solace Women's Aid values diversity, promotes equity, and challenges discrimination. We have policies and processes in place to ensure that all employees are offered an equal opportunity in recruitment and selection, promotion, training, pay, and benefits. Our Inclusion Networks support staff with protected characteristics and offer inclusive spaces to connect. We anticipate and provide reasonable adjustments as needed and support employees who acquire a disability or long-term health condition, enabling them to stay in work. This service is run by women for women and is therefore restricted to female applicants under the Equality Act 2010, Schedule 9, Part 1. As part of safer recruitment practices, we carry out pre-employment checks including references, Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) and right to work in the UK checks. No agencies